Tag: McConnell, Mitch
Chuck Schumer Delivers on Climate Change and Health Care Deal
WASHINGTON — Senator Chuck Schumer was huddled in his Capitol office on Thursday evening awaiting a climactic meeting…
Despite Biden’s Success on Judges, Progressives Demand a Faster Pace
WASHINGTON — With an extended summer recess looming and their majority at risk in November elections, Senate Democrats…
Senate Passes $280 Billion Industrial Policy Bill to Counter China
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday passed an expansive $280 billion bill aimed at building up America’s manufacturing…
Biden Drops Plan to Name Anti-Abortion Lawyer Backed by McConnell as Judge
WASHINGTON — The White House is abandoning plans to nominate a Kentucky lawyer who opposes abortion rights and…
Mitch McConnell’s Court Delivers
WASHINGTON — When Speaker Nancy Pelosi refers to the Supreme Court as the “Trump-McConnell” court, she does not…
Gun Bill’s Progress Reflects Political Shift, but G.O.P. Support Is Fragile
WASHINGTON — As Senator Joni Ernst, Republican of Iowa, weighed whether she should vote to take up a…
Senate Democrats Warn of G.O.P. Effort to Restrict Abortion Nationwide
WASHINGTON — Democrats rang alarm bells on Sunday about the likelihood that Republicans would try to restrict abortion…
Democrats Plan a Bid to Codify Roe, but Lack the Votes to Succeed
Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the minority leader, and other top Republicans have mostly refrained from boasting about…
Shunned by the Right, Murkowski Bets Big on the Center in Alaska
Of the seven Senate Republicans who voted to convict Mr. Trump last year, Ms. Murkowski is the only…
‘I’ve Had It With This Guy’: G.O.P. Leaders Privately Blasted Trump After Jan. 6
In the days after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol building, the two top Republicans in Congress,…
With Jackson Headed to Supreme Court, New Judicial Battles Loom
WASHINGTON — The partisan clash that concluded with the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme…
Income Taxes for All? Rick Scott Has a Plan, and That’s a Problem.
Fellow Republicans are not rushing to embrace Mr. Scott’s plan.“I think it’s good that elected officials put out…